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AABA form

The 32-bar AABA song form: two matching A sections, a contrasting B (bridge), then a final A.

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64 recordings have it, the length of their recording life, from 1962 to 1970. The first is 'Love Me Do' and the last 'I've Got a Feeling', with the A Hard Day's Night album leaning on it hardest, eight of its thirteen tracks. More of them come from 1965 or earlier than from 1967 on, 41 against seventeen. The lead vocals go Paul on twenty, John on seventeen and George on thirteen. Three of them share it on 'Because'. Harrison has it on 40% of his songs, such as 'Something' and 'For You Blue', and McCartney on 30% of his.

#	Title	Year	Album	Lead Vocal(s)	Notes
1	Love Me Do	1962	Please Please Me	Paul, John	-
2	I Saw Her Standing There	1963	Please Please Me	Paul	-
3	There's a Place	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	-
4	Do You Want to Know a Secret	1963	Please Please Me	George	-
5	Misery	1963	Please Please Me	John, Paul	-
6	From Me to You	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
7	Don't Bother Me	1963	With The Beatles	George	-

8	Little Child	1963	With The Beatles	John, Paul	-
9	I Want to Hold Your Hand	1963	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
10	This Boy	1963	Past Masters	John	-
11	Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand	1964	Past Masters	John, Paul	-
12	Can't Buy Me Love	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-
13	I Call Your Name	1964	Past Masters	John	-
14	You Can't Do That	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
15	I'm Happy Just to Dance with You	1964	A Hard Day's Night	George	-
16	If I Fell	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	-
17	And I Love Her	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-
18	I'll Cry Instead	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John	-
19	A Hard Day's Night	1964	A Hard Day's Night	John, Paul	-
20	Things We Said Today	1964	A Hard Day's Night	Paul	-
21	I Feel Fine	1964	Past Masters	John	-
22	She's a Woman	1964	Past Masters	Paul	-
23	What You're Doing	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	-
24	No Reply	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
25	I Don't Want to Spoil the Party	1964	Beatles For Sale	John	-
26	I'll Follow the Sun	1964	Beatles For Sale	Paul	-
27	Yes It Is	1965	Past Masters	John	-
28	Yesterday	1965	Help!	Paul	-

29	I Need You	1965	Help!	George	-
30	The Night Before	1965	Help!	Paul	-
31	You Like Me Too Much	1965	Help!	George	-
32	Michelle	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	-
33	We Can Work It Out	1965	Past Masters	Paul, John	-
34	If I Needed Someone	1965	Rubber Soul	George	-
35	You Won't See Me	1965	Rubber Soul	Paul	-
36	Nowhere Man	1965	Rubber Soul	John	-
37	Rain	1966	Past Masters	John	-
38	Taxman	1966	Revolver	George	-
39	And Your Bird Can Sing	1966	Revolver	John	-
40	She Said She Said	1966	Revolver	John	-
41	I Want to Tell You	1966	Revolver	George	-
42	Your Mother Should Know	1967	Magical Mystery Tour	Paul	-
43	Hey Jude	1968	Past Masters	Paul	-
44	Piggies	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	-
45	Honey Pie	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
46	I Will	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
47	Glass Onion	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
48	Dear Prudence	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	John	-
49	Long, Long, Long	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	George	-
50	Back in the U.S.S.R.	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
51	Blackbird	1968	The Beatles (The White Album)	Paul	-
52	Something	1969	Abbey Road	George	-
53	Oh! Darling	1969	Abbey Road	Paul	-
54	Because	1969	Abbey Road	John, Paul, George	-
55	One After 909	1970	Let It Be	John, Paul	-
56	For You Blue	1970	Let It Be	George	-
57	The Long and Winding Road	1970	Let It Be	Paul	-
58	I've Got a Feeling	1970	Let It Be	Paul, John	-
59	Free as a Bird	1995	Reunion singles	John, Paul, George	-

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Songs(59 of 64)

Love Me Do

I Saw Her Standing There

There's a Place

Do You Want to Know a Secret

Misery

From Me to You

Don't Bother Me

Little Child

I Want to Hold Your Hand

This Boy

Komm, Gib Mir Deine Hand

Can't Buy Me Love

I Call Your Name

You Can't Do That

I'm Happy Just to Dance with You

If I Fell

And I Love Her

I'll Cry Instead

A Hard Day's Night

Things We Said Today

I Feel Fine

She's a Woman

What You're Doing

No Reply

I Don't Want to Spoil the Party

I'll Follow the Sun

Yes It Is

Yesterday

I Need You

The Night Before

You Like Me Too Much

Michelle

We Can Work It Out

If I Needed Someone

You Won't See Me

Nowhere Man

Rain

Taxman

And Your Bird Can Sing

She Said She Said

I Want to Tell You

Your Mother Should Know

Hey Jude

Piggies

Honey Pie

I Will

Glass Onion

Dear Prudence

Long, Long, Long

Back in the U.S.S.R.

Blackbird

Something

Oh! Darling

Because

One After 909

For You Blue

The Long and Winding Road

I've Got a Feeling

Free as a Bird